Stylish Blogger Award

Oh wow - how exciting! I was awarded the Stylish Blogger Award from Joanie at Joanie's Random Ramblings and Wulfluva at Shell's Stories. Thank you both so much. I am honored that you think so much of my blog and greatly appreciate it.

Here're the rules to receive this award:

1. Thank and link back to the person who awarded you this award.

2. Share 7 things about yourself.

3. Award 15 recently discovered great bloggers.

4. Contact these bloggers and tell them about the award!

Here are 7 things about me...

1. I live in the suburbs of New York.
2. I'm married.
3. I have three beautiful cats.
4. I'm addicted to CSI: NY
5. My favorite movies of all time are Titanic, A League of Their Own, Grease and Dirty Dancing.
6. I'm a huge baseball fan (love my Yankees).
7. I lost 85 lbs at Weight Watchers and kept it off for 2 years.

Now, I'm passing the award to these 15 bloggers...

1. Mindy at A room without books is empty
2. Diana at Adventuring through Life
3. Jenny at The Mimosa Stimulus
4. Kristin at Always With a Book
5. Annie at annies home
6. Nicola at Back to Books
7. Becky at Becky's Book Reviews
8. La Coccinelle at The Ladybug Reads
9. Debbie at Debbie's Book Bag
10. China at Books We Read
11. Hanna at bouffe e bambini
12. dollycas at Dolycas's Thoughts
13. Suko at Suko's Notebook
14. Reading for Sanity
15. Mimi at Screaming Mimi

Sunshine Award

My sincere thanks and gratitude to Marce at Tea Time with Marce for this beautiful award. I'm so very honored!

This award is given to bloggers who inspire others and show positivity and creativity.


The Rules:


1) Put the logo within my blog or on my post


2) Pass the award on to up to 12 fellow bloggers


3) Link the nominees within my post


4) Let the nominees know they have received this award by commenting on their blog


5) Share the love and link to the person whom you received this award from.



I am passing this on to those that have inspired me, contributed to my blog with insightful comments and, also, helped add to my never-ending TBR list :-) There are so many more I'd also want to give this too, but the limit was 12 so I have to stop here, but I thank everyone who stops by my blog.

Diane at Bibliophile By the Sea
Blodeuedd at Book Girl of Mur-y-Castell
Sassy Brit at Alternative-Read.com
Alyce at At Home with Books
Mary at BookHounds
Suzanne at Chick with Books
Darlyn at dArLyN & bOoKs
Desert Rose at DeSeRt RoSe BoOkLoGue
Mari at MariReads
Missy at Missy's Book Nook
Pabast at Reading Mama
Nise at Under the Boardwalk

Award for Socrates' Book Reviews

How exciting! I received an award from kavyen at Reading between Pages . I'm so excited about this - thank you kavyen!!!

The rules for passing on the award are – “To accept it, you must leave a comment on the post you were nominated on, make a list and post the last five books you read, then pass the award on to five other bloggers. Do also identify the blog from which you got the award”

Here is the list of the last five books I read:

1. Making the Rounds with Oscar by David Dosa, MD
2. Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris
3. Step on A Crack by James Patterson
4. 7th Heaven by James Patterson
5. Never Let You Go by Erin Healy

The five blogs I'm passing this along to are...

1. Suko at Suko's Notebook
2. Nicola at Back to Books
3. Teddy Rose at So Many Precious Books, So Little Time
4. Marg at The Adventures of an Intrepid Reader
5. Nise at Under the Boardwalk

More Awards

Socrates' Book Review Blog received two more awards and I'm very honored by them. Thank you so much for thinking of me!

The first award...



This award was given to me by CMash Loves to Read.

A Prolific Blogger is one who is intellectually productive… keeping up an active blog that is filled with enjoyable content.

Every winner of the Prolific Blogger Award has to pass on this award to at least seven other deserving prolific bloggers. Spread some love!

Each Prolific Blogger must link to the blog from which he/she has received the award.

Every Prolific Blogger must link back to this post, which explains the origins and motivation for the award.

Every Prolific Blogger must visit this post and add his/her name in the Mr. Linky so that we all can get to know the other winners.

The second award...


This was given to me by Chrissie's Corner.


Since I've already passed both of these awards along, I'm simply going to say everyone who stops by should take these awards as everyone's blog is amazing. Everyone is so creative and thoughtful...everyone deserves credit for creating this awesome blog world.

Another Award

This is so nice! I was just awarded another award. I'm so honored. This one is from CMash Loves to Read . I love the blog world...I'm always meeting new friends and fellow bloggers along the way.

Now for the criteria of the award:

The rules for accepting this award:

1.Thank the link to the person that gave you the award.

2.Pass this award on to 15 bloggers you've recently discovered & whom you think are fantastic

3.Contact said Blogs to let them know they've won

4.State 7 Things about yourself!


These are the "new-to-me" blogs I'm passing this award to...

Reading with Monie
A Bookworm's World
All Booked Up
Book Dilettante
Nan's Corner of the Web
The Crowded Leaf
My Cozy Book Nook
The Introverted Reader
Bella is Reading
Book Chatter
Books, Books Everywhere
Book-A-Rama
Medieval Bookworm
A Sea of Books
Confessions and Ramblings of a Muse in the Fog


Now...7 things about myself...

1. I'm married.
2. I'm the mom of three beautiful cats.
3. Socrates is actually one of my cats.
4. I'm a TV, book and movie addict.
5. My TBR is too big too count.
6. I love chocolate.
7. I love to travel.

Prolific Blogger Award

I'm so honored to have received this award from Reading At The Beach Thank you so very much!

A Prolific Blogger is one who is intellectually productive… keeping up an active blog that is filled with enjoyable content.

Every winner of the Prolific Blogger Award has to pass on this award to at least seven other deserving prolific bloggers. Spread some love!

Each Prolific Blogger must link to the blog from which he/she has received the award.

Every Prolific Blogger must link back to this post, which explains the origins and motivation for the award.

Every Prolific Blogger must visit this post and add his/her name in the Mr. Linky so that we all can get to know the other winners.

Here are the fellow bloggers I am passing this award to...

Book Girl of Mur-y-Castell
BookHounds
Books We Read
Desert Rose's BookLogue
Great Books and Fresh Coffee
Mysteries and My Musings
Park-Avenue Princess

Sugar Doll Award

Thanks to Reading at the Beach for this lovely award. It's greatly appreciated.

First, I’m supposed to list 10 things about me:

1~ The cat in my avatar pic is none other than Socrates.

2~ I love to read many different genres - mainly mystery, suspense and romance.

3~ I love watching my new addiction, Criminal Minds.

4~ I love to travel.

5~ Besides Socrates, I have two other beautiful cats, Geiger and Cookie.

6~ I collect anything with cats on it.

7~ I love to watch House, 24, Nip/Tuck and Lie to Me.

8~ I love movies.

9~ My TBR is way too big. LOL

10~ I love chocolate!

Second, I'm supposed to pass this on to 10 other bloggers

Suko's Notebook
Crazy Book Slut
Great Books and Fresh Coffee
BookNAround
Alternative-Read.com
The Bookworm
Wrighty's Reads
Bookin' with "Bingo"
Missy's Book Nook
Readaholic

An Award!

I'm so honored to receive this award from Booklogged at A Reader's Journal Thank you so much!

Here are the rules of the "One Lovely Blog Award":

Accept the award, post it on your blog together with the name of the person who has granted the award, and his or her blog link. Pass the award to 15 other blogs that you’ve newly discovered. Remember to contact the bloggers to let them know they have been chosen for this award.

I was strolling through the blog world, checking out "new-to-me" blogs. Many caught my eye and I'm passing this award along to:

Book Fanatic
A BookLover's Diary
A Fondness for Reading
The Reckless Reader
A Passion for Books
Page Turners
J'adore Happy Endings
An Addicted Book Reader
Books Obsession
Bookworming in the 21st Century
Lost in a Book
Reading Keeps You Sane
The Book Pixie
Books by Their Cover
Books Make Great Lovers

Outstanding Romance Blog Award

I'm so honored to receive this one from Blodeuedd of Book girl of Mur-y-Castell.

This is taken from JennJ's Sapphire Romance Realm Place

"I have been wanting to start up some new blog awards to give out to blogs that I love to visit and that are big romance supporters. So this one is for those outstanding blogs that keep me coming back day after day and that avidly and passionately support Romance Novels and are not afraid to show it!!! There are no rules for this one I only ask that you would to post where the award originated and who gave it to you when you post it to your own blogs. :)"

Now...who am I going to give this one to?

Bookin' with Bingo
BookNAround
Houston A.W. Knight
Naida at The Bookworm

Bloody Great Blogger Award

I'm very honored that Kaye from Pudgy Penguin Perusals gave Socrates' Book Review Blog this lovely award. Thank you so much, Kaye! You should all visit Kaye's blog, it's wonderful!

The Bloody Great Blogger award is to be given to 5 bloggers who have been supportive and extra special to you in the blogging process. That person who always comments or the one who emails you to let you know about that Freudian slip you missed, the blogger who links to your posts or lifts you up when your blog is down.

There are so many wonderful people out there in the blogosphere, it is always hard to pick out a few. The first five that come to mind are:

1. Blodeuedd at Book girl of Mur-y-Castell
2. Vivienne at Serendipity
3. Nise at Under the Boardwalk
4. Naida at The Bookworm
5. Sassy Brit at Alternative-Read.com

Bingo Award

I was given this beautiful award by Book Chick City. You should check out her blog, it's lovely.

This award means my blog is:

B: Beautiful
I: Informative
N: Neighborly
G: Gorgeous
O: Outstanding

I'm passing this one along to...

B: Beautiful - The Bookworm
I: Informative - So Many Precious Books, So Little Time
N: Neighborly - Wrighty's Reads
G: Gorgeous - Readaholic
O: Outstanding - Peeking Between the Pages

If you haven't been to their blogs yet, you should really check them out!

A Bookworm's Award for Bookfriends

I feel quite honored to receive the award from Missy at Missy's Book Nook Thank you so much, Missy! If you haven't been to Missy's blog yet, you should check it out. She's done a great job with it.

Now to pass this award onto other deserving bookfriends...

Blodeuedd at Book girl of Mur-y-Castell
Kristen at BookNAround
Desert Rose at DeSeRt RoSe BoOkLoGuE
Wendy at Musings of a Bookish Kitty
Scrap girl at Serendipity

The Literary Blogger Award

I was given this award by DeSeRt RoSe at DeSeRt RoSe BoOkLoGuE. Thank you so very much! I really appreciate this one!

The Literary Blogger Award acknowledges bloggers who energize & inspire reading by going the extra mile. These amazing bloggers make reading fun & enhance the delight of reading!

The Rules:

1) Put the logo on your blog/post.
2) Nominate up to 9 blogs.
3) Be sure to link to your nominees within your post.
4) Let them know that they have been nominated by commenting on their blog.
5) Remember to link to the person from whom you received your award.

Here's who I'd like to give the award to...

Evy at Evy's Harlequins 'N' More
Vera at Luxury Reading
Kaye at Pudgy Penguin Perusals
Naida at The Bookworm
Sunny at That Book Addiction

More Awards

I'm so lucky and honored to receive all these awards...I received two more...

This adorable one is from Desert Rose Booklogue.


This is what the award means..

Do you reach for a cup of cocoa or tea when you’re relaxing, seeking comfort, sharing a plate of cookies with family & friends?

You know that feeling you get when you drink a yummy cup of cocoa, tea ~ or a hot toddy?

That is what the Heartfelt award is all about feeling warm inside : ].
I wanted to create something to express that toasty feeling.

The Rules:
1) Put the logo on your blog/post.
2) Nominate up to 9 blogs which make you feel comfy or warm inside.
3) Be sure to link to your nominees within your post.
4) Let them know that they have been nominated by commenting on their blog.
5) Remember to link to the person from whom you received your award.

The 9 blogs I'm nominating are...

Alyce from At Home with Books
Nicola from Back to Books
Mary from Books Gardens and Dogs
Donna from Donna's Book Reviews
Drey from Drey's Library
Kalea_Kane from Enroute to Life
Evy from Evy's Harlequins "N" More
Smash from Great Books and Fresh Coffee
Vera from Luxury Reading

The next award is a sweet one I received was from Bev at Merry Weather Book Blog. This is the Making Lemonade Out Of Life's Lemons Award.



I've already received this award and given it out, but I'll give out a few more to other bloggers who are equally deserving of this award. If you accept please pass it on to five other bloggers who you know have managed to make the best of what comes their way.

Mari at Mari Reads
Bridget at Readaholic
Scrap girl at Serendipity
Teddy Rose at So Many Precious Books, So Little Time
Sunny at That Book Addiction

Another Award!

I just received this adorable award from Nadia at
the bookworm Isn't it adorable? Thank you so much Naida! I'm truly honored by this award.

There are so many people I'd like to pass this along to. Everyone is so deserving of this award, there are many wonderful blogs out there.

I'm passing this along to...

Desert Rose at Desert Rose Booklogue
Mari at Mari Reads
Kaye at Pudge Penguin Perusals
Nise' at Under the Boardwalk
Pabast at Reading Mama

Let's Be Friends Award

Wow! Another award! I'm so honored by all of these awards. Bloggers are the sweetest people. A huge thank you to Mari at
MariReads and Desert Rose at Desert Rose Booklogue for this one. I so appreciate it!

"Blogs that received the Let’s Be Friends Award are exceedingly charming. These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in self-aggrandizement. Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these writers. Deliver this award to eight bloggers."

Here are the eight bloggers I'm awarding, although so many are well-deserving of this award.

Wendy R at Musings of a Bookish Kitty
J. Kaye at J. Kaye's Book Blog
Nise at Under the Boardwalk
Teddyree at The Eclectic Reader
Lenore at Presenting Lenore
Hawk at Houston A.W. Knight
Kristen at BookNAround
Melissa at Shhh I'm Reading

2009 Friendly Blogger Award

Yet another award! I feel so honored by all these lovely awards! This one is for the 2009 Friendly Blogger Award and it was given to me by Jessica Marie at Books Love Jessica Marie. Thank you so much, Jessica Marie!

There are so many friendly bloggers out there, but I'll try to narrow it down to 5. These are the ones I'm giving the award to:

Desert Rose at DeSeRt RoSe BoOkLogue
Scrap Girl at Serendipity
Kaye at Pudgy Penguin Perusals
Kathrin at Secret Dreamworld of a Bookaholic
Serena at Savvy Verse and Wit

The Super Comments Award "You Don't Say"

Desert Rose from DeSeRt RoSe BoOkLoGuE and Kaye from Pudgy Penguin Perusals were so nice to honor me with this adorable award. Thank you so much for thinking of me!

This is what this award means..

"We give and get awards for having a great blog and being a good friend. What I want to award is those people whose comments have meant THE WORLD to me. It takes time to visit a blog and leave a comment ... I wanted to recognize some special bloggers whose comments have made such an impact on me. The “You Don’t Say?” Award is awarded to these special bloggers in hopes that they will pass the award along to 5-10 of their best commenters!"

The problem with this is there are so many commenters I'd like to thank for commenting. Everyone who ever posted a comment here means so much to me. It's hard for me to narrow it down and I certainly don't want to leave anyone out. I hope this is alright to do, but I'm awarding it to everyone who stops by here and comments. Please feel free to take this award and post it on your blog.

The Enchanted Blog Award

I just received "Your Blog is Enchanted Award from Blodeuedd at Book girl of Mur-y-Castell. Thank you so much! This is a lovely award!.

The only requirement for this award is that you shared it with whomever you like, sharing the love is always a good thing. The blog has to show only one characteristic, caring. So, start sharing this enchanted award with five other bloggers. Let your bloggers know they have received this enchanted award. (Remember, fairies are fickle wee things, don't incur their displeasure by ignoring their gift.)

I'm passing the award onto these five lovely bloggers...

Alyce at At Home With Books
Naida at The Bookworm
Scrap girl at Serendipity
Mari at Mari Reads
Kalea_Kane at Enroute to Life

The Splash Award

I was just awarded this pretty award from Desert Rose at
Desert Rose Booklogue and Carrie at Books and Movies . If you haven't been to her blog, you should really check it out. Thank you so much for this honor, Desert Rose.

The Rules:


1) Put the logo on your blog/post.

2) Nominate up to 9 blogs which allure, amuse, bewitch, impress, or inspire you.

3) Be sure to link to your nominees within your post.

4) Let them know that they have been splashed by commenting on their blog.

5) Remember to link to the person from whom your received your Splash award.


Here are my 9 nominees...all worthy and deserving blogs...

Blodeuedd at Book girl of Mur-y-Castell
Marie at Boston Bibliophile
Scrap girl at Serendipity
Lesa at Lesa's Book Critiques
Dar at Peeking Between the Pages
Kaye at Pudgy Penguin Perusals
Nise at Under the Boardwalk
Wendi at Wendi's Book Corner
Tena at Crazy Book Slut